There is some talk here in BC about people wanting to increase the minimum wage to about $10/hr. For awhile now, it has been $8/hr. I suppose it is pretty much the same everywhere on how increasing the minimum wage is suppose to make things better for everyone. In general, the logic is supposed to […]
Today I was told about an interesting story in regards to a very large real estate company here that needed a new online presence and so they hired a company to do so. The bill was rather hefty as it was well over $40,000. To make matters worse, the end product was not fully functional […]
I was reading this fairly old article from a newspaper that caught my attention. Basically, it was talking about how there are tons of articles and advice on what you need to do to become successful in being self employed, but rarely does anyone talk about how once you get adapted and accustomed to making […]
This is kind of a follow up to yesterday’s post about how some people see $100,000 as the magic number to enable them to sustain a comfortable lifestyle. Just to make sure we are on the same page, the previous post isn’t about “retiring†where you don’t have to do anything anymore, such as having […]
It seems like every other day I am reading stories from site owners on how they are struggling to handle the financial burden of running a web site as their visitor base is sky rocketing. While they have methods such as affiliate programs and various advertisements in place to generate income, the common theme that […]
Recently, I just had a conversation with a friend about times where it seemed like working with people that you have known and trust turn out to be a disaster. When I reflect back to the times where this has personally happened to me, the main theme in every case was that I was naive […]